I already have 2 girls and this was my first boy. It was my 4th and final pregnancy (I have a third daughter who I put up for adoption at birth). This pregnancy was the hardest. No complications but just a lot of misery, especially towards the end. I was so ready for him to come.

I turned 39 weeks on July 25th and went to my last OB appt. They said I had a lot of amniotic fluid and wanted to induce Me Right away. So me and my Husband went home, packed, and dropped my youngest daughter off with family. We headed for the hospital at 5pm. My OB decided to monitor me that night to make sure the baby would handle labor well, so needless to say I spent all night hooked up to the monitors with very little sleep. The next morning around 8 am they started the pitocin. I was already 3 cm dilated from previous babies. At 8:30 they came in and broke my water. Which, oh my god, was SO much fluid. I labored for a few hours and got my epidural at 5cm. I wanted to wait longer but was worried I'd progress fast and would run out of time to get it. But for the next 2 hours I sat at 6 cm and it wore off. They gave me more medicine but for whatever reason it had no effect and by this time I was feeling the full force of my contractions. Not to scare anyone but holy shit did they hurt so bad. I was screaming and cursing and saying I wanted more pain meds lol. But I ended up dilating from 6 to 9 cm in 30 mins so it was time to push. I've never felt pain like that in my life. It's so strange to feel a human coming out of your body. I really didn't think I could do it. I wanted him out so bad though that I wouldn't even stop to rest. I just told the doctor I wanted him out and that I had to keep pushing. 4 pushes later he came out and I was like "Thank God". But I was still in so much pain and so exhausted that I couldn't even muster to hold my son right away. I really just needed a minute. Nero was born on July 26th at 2:04 pm just 6 hours into labor. I'm so happy he's here.

But I will not be doing that ever again I think. lol